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meslea

meslea, mesleta [OF meslee < mislata] , mêlée, brawl, fight. 1167 pro ~lea inter ipsum et hominem Walteri Pipe 182; 1170 W. B. et G. debent ij marcas pro j ~leta cum hominibus canonicorum Ib. 33; si aliqua facta fuerit de nocte ~lea, nulla debet fieri visio locorum Cust. Norm. 58. 2; quedam ~leta orta fuit ad quandam cervisiam W. F. PlCrGlouc 83; 1223 quod interfuit ~lee ad fugandum W. A. servientem H. de B. Cl I 526b; 1224 propter ~leam quam fecit cum B. B. Cl I 603a; 1232 detenti in prisona regis apud Oxoniam pro ~lea inter scolares Oxonienses et burgenses ejusdem ville Cl 49.

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